Second Language Research & Practice

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Preface: The trajectory from volume to journal

Carl S. Blyth; Stacey Katz Bourns; Sally Sieloff Magnan

Introduction to the inaugural issue: Celebrating 30 years of AAUSC publications

Johanna Watzinger-Tharp; Kate Paesani

Articles

New perspectives on the individual learner: Implications for research and teaching

Carol Klee; Lauren Truman

Since the late 1960s, the individual learner has been the focus of research on the learning and, above all, on …

The proficiency profile of language students: Implications for programs

Paula Winke; Xiaowan Zhang; Fernando Rubio; Susan Gass; Daniel Soneson; Jane Hacking

In this article we provide an overall picture of the level of language proficiency attained by undergraduate students learning six …

An ecological approach to language pedagogy, programs, and departments

Bridget Swanson; Glenn S. Levine

Responding to persistent criticisms of post-secondary language education, this article frames the language program in an ecological perspective. The long-discussed …

Re-envisioning L2 hybrid and online courses as digital open learning and teaching environments: Responding to a changing world

Joshua J. Thoms

This article begins with a summary of the research literature that has been carried out over the last ten years …

Redefining speakership: Implications for language program direction

Carl S. Blyth; Amanda Dalola

This article reviews scholarship in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics to discern how the definitions of speakership and competence have changed …

Teacher development and multiliteracies pedagogy: Challenges and opportunities for postsecondary language programs

Kate Paesani; Heather Willis Allen

Over the past two decades, postsecondary language programs have experienced a paradigm shift away from communicative approaches toward more text-based …

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